We travelled the 'Million Dollar Highway' from Ouray to Durango yesterday. Fall has arrived and the scenery was wonderful although very cold and showery. We stopped at Silverton (above) for lunch - typical cowboy town with old buildings and wide streets.

 

Today we visited Mesa Verde National Park (a World Heritage Site) where you can see dwellings that were built inside the canyon walls 1400 years ago. They were only discovered by 2 cowboys in 1888.

 

Its hard to imagine how these dwellings could have been built on the sides of these canyon walls.

 

We have seen photos of these dwellings before but to see them close up is absolutely amazing.